Mu (surname)

Mu is the pinyin romanization of several Chinese surnames.

Mù ({{wikt-lang|zh|穆}}) was listed 98th on the Song dynasty list of the Hundred Family Surnames.{{Cite web|url=http://mt.sohu.com/20160914/n468450278.shtml|title=百家姓|website=Sohu.com|access-date=2017-01-10}}{{better source needed|date=March 2020}}

Mù ({{wikt-lang|zh|牧}}) was listed 225th on the Song dynasty list of the Hundred Family Surnames.{{better source needed|date=March 2020}}

Mù ({{wikt-lang|zh|慕}}) was listed 329th on the Song dynasty list of the Hundred Family Surnames.{{better source needed|date=March 2020}}

There are also surnames Mù ({{wikt-lang|zh|木}}), Mǔ ({{wikt-lang|zh|母}}), Mù ({{wikt-lang|zh|目}}), Mù ({{wikt-lang|zh|沐}}), Mù ({{wikt-lang|zh|睦}}) and Mù ({{wikt-lang|zh|暮}}), which are not in the Hundred Family Surnames list. Among Hui people, Mu is a sinified version of Muhammad together with Ma.{{cite book|author=Michael Dillon|title=China's Muslim Hui Community: Migration, Settlement and Sects|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3sddAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA45 |date=16 December 2013|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-136-80940-8|pages=33}}

Notable people

=Surname Mù (穆)=

It is the 98th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.K. S. Tom. [1989] (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. {{ISBN|0-8248-1285-9}}.

188th name in 2013 shared by 0.048% of the population or 640,000 people with the province with the most being Guizhou.

King Mu of Zhou, the fifth king of the Zhou dynasty.
Duke Mu of Qin, was a duke of Qin (659–621 BC).
Duke Mu of Xu, the ruler of the State of Xu.
Duchess Mu of Xu, princess of the State of Wey and the first recorded female poet in Chinese history.
Mu Shiying, Chinese writer
Mu Qing (journalist), Chinese journalist and politician
Mu Tiezhu, Chinese basketball player
Mu Hong (politician), Chinese economist and official
Mu Guiying, legendary heroine and prominent figure in Generals of the Yang Family legends
Mu Hong character in the novel Water Margin
Mu Shun, character in the novel Water Margin
Mu Nianci, character in the novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes

=Surname Mù (木)=

(not among the 400 most surnames)

Mu Qing (tusi), poet and official in the Ming dynasty
Mu Zeng, son of Mu Qing
Mu Wanqing, character in the novel Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils

=Surname Mǔ (母)=

344 母 0.010% 13.50 Sichuan

Mu Guoguang, Chinese opticist and educator.

=Surname Mù (沐)=

Mu Ying, a general in the Ming dynasty.